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   quagmire
         n 1: a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot
               [syn: {mire}, {quagmire}, {quag}, {morass}, {slack}]

English Dictionary: quickener by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Quassia amara
n
  1. handsome South American shrub or small tree having bright scarlet flowers and yielding a valuable fine-grained yellowish wood; yields the bitter drug quassia from its wood and bark
    Synonym(s): quassia, bitterwood, Quassia amara
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
quick march
n
  1. marching at quick time
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
quickener
n
  1. an agent that gives or restores life or vigor; "the soul is the quickener of the body"
    Synonym(s): quickener, invigorator, enlivener
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Quagmire \Quag"mire`\, n. [Quake + mire.]
      Soft, wet, miry land, which shakes or yields under the feet.
      [bd]A spot surrounded by quagmires, which rendered it
      difficult of access.[b8] --Palfrey.
  
      Syn: Morass; marsh; bog; swamp; fen; slough.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Quassia \Quas"si*a\, n. [NL. From the name of a negro, Quassy,
      or Quash, who prescribed this article as a specific.]
      The wood of several tropical American trees of the order
      {Simarube[91]}, as {Quassia amara}, {Picr[91]na excelsa}, and
      {Simaruba amara}. It is intensely bitter, and is used in
      medicine and sometimes as a substitute for hops in making
      beer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Quickener \Quick"en*er\, n.
      One who, or that which, quickens.
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